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I've been extraordinarily fortunate that I've been able to go live a very active, stressful life. And I don't believe that my heart disease changed me for the worst.

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Dick Cheney
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 30
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Former Vice President Of The United States
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Richard Bruce Cheney
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I have not suggested there's a connection between Iraq and 9/11.
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I learned early on that if you don't want your memos to get you in trouble someday, just don't write any.
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I think it's fair to say you can't predict a straight line to victory. You know, there'll be good days and bad days along the way.
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Don Rumsfeld is the finest secretary of defense the nation has ever had.
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Well, we've got a major effort under way to try to educate everybody, to let them know we have a zero tolerance policy where sexual assault is involved.
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One of the problems we have as a government is our inability to keep secrets. And it costs us, in terms of our relationship with other governments, in terms of the willingness of other intelligence services to work with us, in terms of revealing sources and methods. And all of those elements enter into some of these leaks.
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